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Flower Pieces and other poems

By William Allingham: With two designs by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
  
[dedication]

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FLOWER PIECES.
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FLOWERS AND MONTHS.
 I. 
I. DAISY.
 II. 
II. SNOWDROP.
 III. 
III. DAFFODIL.
 IV. 
IV. PRIMROSE.
 V. 
V. HAWTHORN.
 VI. 
VI. WILD ROSE.
 VII. 
VII. HONEYSUCKLE.
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VIII. MEADOWSWEET.
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IX. HEATHER.
 X. 
X. IVY.
 XI. 
XI. CHRYSANTHEMUM.
 XII. 
XII. GORSE.
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FLOWERS AND POETS.
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DAY AND NIGHT SONGS.
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BALLADS, Etc.
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TRANSLATED OR ADAPTED.

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THE WINTER PEAR.

Is always Age severe?
Is never youth austere?
Spring-fruits are sour to eat;
Autumn's the mellow time.
Nay, very late in th'year,
Short day and frosty rime,
Thought, like a winter pear,
Stone-cold in summer's prime,
May turn from harsh to sweet.
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